This exciting Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist position offers the opportunity to lead the Surgical Therapy team alongside the Clinical specialist Physiotherapist in providing the therapy service to inpatients on the Surgical wards.
We are looking for an enthusiastic OT who demonstrates a keen interest in this clinical specialty and who demonstrates proven or developing leadership skills.
The post-holder will also be expected to provide some support to the OTs working in the Critical Care team in the absence of their Clinical specialist and also to work alongside the other Band 7s on site to develop the service and problem-solve collaboratively across each specialty.
The post holder will lead the Occupational Therapy team across the surgical pathway including input to pre-assessment clinics, post-surgery and planning discharge from hospital.
They will demonstrate excellent communication and collaborative working, along with other clinical specialists across the Health Economy, in order to provide a high quality, efficient service.
In conjunction with the Clinical and Site Lead they will ensure clinical governance targets are met, including the development of clinical standards and protocols, specialist evidence based practice, audit, research, clinical and non-clinical risk management.
Our therapy team at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust strives to achieve excellence daily. We are passionate about the services we provide, comprising of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Dietetics and Podiatry. We are committed to your professional development and are keen to provide high quality, evidence based services keeping the patient at the heart of our delivery. We offer regular teaching, training and one-to-ones with targeted appraisals to ensure you are developing within your professional role. Within the Therapy team we pride ourselves on our inclusive and professional workplace culture. Teamwork, trust and respect are held at the centre of everything we do.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrea Reid Job title: Inpatient Therapy Site Lead- WHH Email address: andreareid1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07825 053569
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